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Warehousing and Storage

Warehousing and Storage aren't as common as most other types of businesses in the U.S. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 2,000 Warehousing and Storage. In other words, each one of those Warehousing and Storage serves about 150,000 citizens on average.

According to national labor statistics, Warehousing and Storage will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Warehousing and Storage play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Warehousing and Storage
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
165
1.46
2.
Georgia
114
1.41
3.
Wyoming
6
1.22
4.
Nevada
24
1.20
5.
South Carolina
48
1.20
6.
Tennessee
67
1.18
7.
Utah
26
1.17
8.
Pennsylvania
142
1.16
9.
97
1.15
10.
Texas
232
1.11
11.
Maine
14
1.10
12.
Colorado
46
1.07
13.
Oregon
36
1.05
14.
Maryland
54
1.02
15.
Idaho
13
1.01
16.
Washington
58
0.99
17.
12
0.99
18.
Virginia
69
0.97
19.
Illinois
120
0.97
20.
Alaska
6
0.96
21.
California
317
0.94
22.
Missouri
52
0.93
23.
North Carolina
73
0.91
24.
Arkansas
24
0.90
25.
40
0.90
26.
Delaware
7
0.89
27.
Iowa
26
0.89
28.
Mississippi
25
0.88
29.
Kentucky
34
0.84
30.
Indiana
50
0.82
31.
Minnesota
39
0.79
32.
North Dakota
5
0.78
33.
7
0.78
34.
Rhode Island
8
0.76
35.
Oklahoma
26
0.75
36.
West Virginia
13
0.72
37.
Arizona
37
0.72
38.
Michigan
71
0.71
39.
Nebraska
12
0.70
40.
Connecticut
22
0.66
41.
4
0.66
42.
Massachusetts
41
0.65
43.
Florida
99
0.62
44.
New Mexico
11
0.61
45.
Alabama
25
0.56
46.
Kansas
15
0.56
47.
Wisconsin
29
0.54
48.
New York
100
0.53
49.
5
0.40
50.
District of Columbia
1
0.18

Number of Warehousing and Storage by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
939
5 to 9
430
10 to 19
396
20 to 49
381
50 to 99
177
100 to 249
158
250 to 499
54
500 to 999
29
1000 or more
9

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